Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
18. Behold, tomorrow about this time. God now indicates the kind of punishment which He was prepared to inflict, viz., that He would smite with hail both man and beast, and a part of the crops. It sometimes, indeed, happens that the corn is destroyed by hail, and occasionally that great injury is thus inflicted even on men and beasts; nay, it is regarded as...
Moses must repeat the demand a seventh time, though Pharaoh's heart is hardened and his case now desperate. God sends plagues on the heart itself, making it senseless or hopeless, which are the worst plagues of all. None who hardens his heart against God will prosper.
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Commenting on Exodus 9:13-21
Behold, tomorrow about this time,.... It was now the fourth day of the month Abib, and the fifth when the following was inflicted: I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail; which should fall very thick, and the hailstones be very numerous and heavy, and the storm last long: such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof, even until now...